Soccer: Erling Haaland shoots down Bayern in a friendly

Chaos game in the States

City star Haaland shoots down Bayern

In the Bundesliga, Erling Haaland has already scored three times against Bayern – now it works with his new club Manchester City. The Norwegian shoots down his ex-rival in a chaos test match.

Soccer record champion Bayern Munich has failed the last endurance test before the start of the season. In the friendly against English champions Manchester City, coach Julian Nagelsmann’s team deservedly lost 1-0. The decisive goal was scored by someone who already knows Bayern Munich very well: star striker Erling Haaland.

The ex-Dortmund star scored after just 12 minutes in his city debut, which had to be interrupted several times due to storms in Green Bay. After a cross from Jack Grealish, the Norwegian only has to put his foot down in the middle.

Clear dominance of the Citizens

The Citizens dominate Bayern from the start. The shot on goal statistics at half-time speaks volumes: 10:1. And in the second round, the team of ex-Bayern coach Pep Guardiola got stuck in the opposing half, had 22:3 shots on goal and some good opportunities to make the final result significantly higher.

Bayern newcomers Matthijs de Ligt, Ryan Gravenberch and Noussair Mazraoui came on as a substitute during the second half but were unable to make an impact. Sadio Mané, who was voted Africa’s footballer of the year for the second consecutive year on Thursday, was not included in the squad.

Thunderstorm causes disruption chaos

Even before the game at 1:00 a.m. Swiss time on the night from Saturday to Sunday, dark clouds were gathering over Lambeau Field, the game was initially started 15 minutes late and had to be interrupted again for around 60 minutes after the Haaland goal . Except for a few die-hard fans, most of the spectators in the sold-out Green Bay Packers stadium fled to the catacombs from the heavy rain and thunderstorms. (AFP/mou)

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